SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS RESEARCH

The article is devoted to the theoretical foundations of the study of regional competitiveness. It examines the hierarchy of global competitiveness, national, regional, sectional competitiveness. A schematic model of the economic competitiveness of the region is presented in which the connection of the competitiveness of industries and industrial complexes of the region, the competitiveness of territorial complexes of the region, the competitiveness of regional economic entities, the competitiveness of regional and local authorities is established. The characteristic of the inputs and outputs of the system of regional competitiveness is given. The author‟s interpretation of the region‟s competitive position and its economic subsystems is formulated. The role and place of the competitive advantages in ensuring the competitiveness of the region‟s competitive position is indicated. The competitiveness of the region covers various levels of the economic interregional and intraregional level and the level of organizations.